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glisser

to slide, slip

verb glee-SEH Less Common
Body & Health Movement

Also means

to insert, slip in (figurative)

Usage Note

Glisser is used for physical slipping (on ice, a wet floor) and for figuratively inserting something subtly: glisser un mot ('to slip in a word'). The reflexive se glisser dans means 'to slip into' (a room, a conversation). The noun glissière ('slide rail, zip') shares the root.

Examples

"Il a glissé sur le verglas."

Natural Translation

He slipped on the black ice.

Literal Translation

He has slipped on the black-ice

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